Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
NEWS ALERT: Street Preachers Killed In United States
Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010
A religious liberty group warned Saturday, February 6, that "Anti-Christian hostility is getting increasingly deadly" in the United States after two street preachers were shot and killed by a teenager who apparently opposed their message.
BREAKING NEWS: India State Removes Christian Refugees Ahead Of EU Visit
Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010
Authorities in India's state of Orissa have forced nearly 100 survivors of anti-Christian violence to leave a local market complex where they stayed since the closure of refugee camps, Christians and officials told Worthy News, Thursday, February 4.
Muslim Mob Storms Pakistan Church; 65 Injured
Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Protestant Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province were searching for a place of worship Wednesday, February 3, after angry Muslims apparently attacked their partly constructed church, injuring scores of worshippers.
Cuba Pastor Remains Behind Bars After Losing Appeal Right
Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010
There was international disappointment Monday, February 1, that the leader of a growing network of independent churches in Cuba has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence by the Supreme Tribunal in Havana.
India Militants Attack Christian Birthday Party, Pastor
Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010
Hindu militants in south-eastern India halted a Christian birthday celebration and prayer meeting and attacked an evangelical pastor involved in the festivities saying he was trying to forcibly convert non-Christians to Christianity, one of India's national Christian organizations…
Nigeria Christians Rebuilding After Massive Killings
Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010
A tense calm returned to the Nigerian city of Jos Saturday, January 30, after hundreds of people were killed in days of clashes between Muslims and Christians, missionaries said.
Hindu Militants Burn India Church
Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Hindu extremists burned down a church in India's state of Andhra Pradesh causing serious injury to the pastor in his attempts to extinguish the fire, rights investigators said Thursday, January 28.
Thousands “Flee” Burma Army Attacks (UPDATE)
Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Over 2000 ethnic Karen villagers were seeking shelter Tuesday, January 26, after being forced to flee their homes in the past week following deadly attacks by the Burmese army, investigators said.
Hindu Militants Attack Prayer Service; 11 Injured
Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010
Indian police have released on bail Hindu militants who allegedly attacked a Christian prayermeeting in Western India, seriously injuring at least 11 Christians, a rights group said Friday, January 22.
2009 “Worst Year” For Pakistan Christians
Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010
Last year was the worst period of persecution against Christians in Pakistan in thelast decade, with attacks, arrests and detentions that reportedly killed some 130 Christians across the Islamic country, an advocacy group said Thursday, January 21.
NEWS ALERT: Over 40 Killed After Attack On Nigeria Church
Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010
Over 40 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos in the country's Plateau State, after around 200 Muslim youths attacked Christians near a Catholic Church sparking retaliatory violence, Christian rights investigators said Monday, January 18.
China Confirms Christian Rights Lawyer “Missing”
Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Concerns remained Saturday, January 16, over the whereabouts of Chinese Christian human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, after Chinese authorities for the first time admitted he went missing amid reports that he was tortured to death, Christian rights activists…
